Path of Exile

You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Created by hardcore gamers, Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. With a focus on visceral action combat, powerful items and deep character customization, Path of Exile is completely free and will never be pay-to-win. Key Features Freedom. Power. Revenge. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG designed around a strong online item economy and deep character customisation. Path of Exile is set in the dark fantasy world of Wraeclast. Scarred by mysterious catastrophes of the past and inhabited by creatures of nightmare, the very environment challenges exiles who dare explore it. You play as the Duelist, Witch, Ranger, Templar, Marauder, Shadow or the Scion class. From forsaken shores through to the city of Oriath, explore Wraeclast and uncover the ancient secrets waiting for you. Unlimited Character Customization Create and customise hundreds of unique skill combinations from tradable itemised gems and our gigantic Passive Skill Tree. Combine skill gems, support gems and trigger gems to create your own unique combination of power, defence and destruction. All of Path of Exile's character classes share its vast Passive Skill Tree. Starting at one of seven distinct locations dictated by their chosen class, players can focus on the core specialities of their class or travel across the tree to build complex combinations of skills from various disciplines. Scattered across the tree are Keystone passives, Masteries and Jewel Sockets that drastically alter the way a character is played. Armed to Kill Path of Exile is completely designed around items. Our flasks are persistent items that have mods. Our endgame areas can be found as Map items that have mods altering their challenges and rewards. We've gone as far as removing gold as a currency and basing our trade economy around orbs that can randomly reroll the properties of other items. We have carefully constructed our item system for veterans of the best Action RPGs. Explore the Atlas of Worlds The Atlas of Worlds is a series of more than a hundred high-level maps that truly test the limits of your build. As you explore the Atlas, you will eventually unveil its dark secrets and face the most dangerous bosses that Wraeclast has ever seen. In the true Path of Exile way, the Atlas of Worlds has its own Passive Skill

Path of Exile nacque dalla frustrazione di un piccolo gruppo di appassionati di giochi di ruolo d'azione in Nuova Zelanda, delusi dalla mancanza di nuovi titoli nel genere. Decisero così di creare il proprio gioco e fondarono Grinding Gear Games, lavorando in segreto per tre anni prima dell'annuncio, il 1° settembre 2010.

Il lead designer Chris Wilson ha citato molte ispirazioni: la serie Diablo, soprattutto Diablo II, Titan Quest e Dungeon Siege, ma anche il gioco di carte Magic: The Gathering, Guild Wars e i sistemi di crescita di Final Fantasy VII e X. Il risultato è un gioco con un'enorme libertà nella creazione del personaggio.

Dopo alpha e beta, la versione 1.0 uscì il 23 ottobre 2013, anche su Steam. Gli sviluppatori promisero un gioco davvero gratuito, finanziato solo da microtransazioni «etiche», soprattutto estetiche. Con aggiornamenti e nuove leghe ogni pochi mesi, Path of Exile è diventato uno dei giochi di ruolo d'azione più giocati.